Cormac Battle (born July 11, 1972) is an Irish
musician and radio presenter/producer. He is the vocalist and lead
guitarist with the bands, Kerbdog and Wilt as well as the current presenter of RT√Č 2fm's alternative
music programme, The Wireless. The show airs each Sunday
night from 20:00 - 12:00 midnight.

Career

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Musical
career

In 1991, Cormac, along with school friends Darragh Butler
(drums), Colin Fennelly (bass) and Billy Dalton (guitar) formed a
heavy metal band called Rollercoaster before changing the
name permanently to Kerbdog.
Following two quickfire demo cassettes recorded in Dublin and a
short support slot to Therapy? in 1992, the band was signed to Vertigo Records
in London. The group released their self titled album, produced by
legendary grunge icon Jack Endino, in 1994. A
second album entitled On The Turn was recorded in 1996, produced
by GGGarth, but the album's release was
delayed for almost a year indicating troublesome times for the band
with their record company. Kerbdog were soon dropped and eventually
split up in 1998.

Cormac and Darragh immediately formed another band, along with
bassist Mick Murphy, called Wilt whose music was more pop
rock than heavy metal. Following the release of two albums,
Bastinado and My Medicine on Infectious
Records, Wilt split up in 2003 following limited success.

At this point, Cormac began to seriously focus on his DJ career
and abandoned his musical pursuits. However, in 2005 Kerbdog
reformed for a series of one-off shows. The band is still currently
active on a part-time basis and have no plans to write or record
new material. His favourite Oxegen memory is playing the festival with
Kerbdog in 2005. [2]

Broadcasting
career

Battle began life at Phantom FM before being snatched along with
colleagues Jenny
Huston and Dan
Hegarty in 2003. [3]
Battle's late night show features new and alternative music from
acts around the world as well as the 2fm sessions, live recordings,
band interviews as well as from other sources. The
Wireless is a supporter of the IMRO Showcase Tour.
[4] He also
offered his voice to the narration of popular live music programme
2fm Live,
which was broadcast on Saturday nights between 20:00 and 23:00
before it was axed and reformatted as 2fm XtrAlive. Battle
is regularly wheeled out for live coverage of important musical
events such as Electric Picnic[5] and Oxegen, [6] as well
as being sent around the country to present the 2fm 2moro 2our.
[7] In 2008
Battle was sent to The Music Show to distribute advice. [8] He has
appeared on BBC Introducing to discuss the
state of the Irish music industry. [9] He also
contributes to television programmes in Ireland.

Personal
expenses

One of Battle's past business ventures was the ‚ā¨1500 purchase of
a car to deliver Chinese food. The car lasted just a few
weeks because of his overzealous driving around Rathmines, Dublin. He had an SSIA but when his
band fell apart he invested it in an education at Dublin City University. His
favourite purchase is his Vespascooter. Battle bought his home in
2005, for ‚ā¨312,000. He describes it as "the worst buy ever", saying
he could have bought a "five-bedroom villa in Sardinia" for the same price. He spends his
excess money on first-class train tickets, blaming the Kilkenny
train for its "hen party express". [10]